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For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

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OPINION & IMPACT
HEALTH

For Leaders, When Is it Time to Speak Out for Science?

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Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

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Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

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Trump’s Drug Price Gambit: Cheaper for America, But Who Pays the Price?

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How Real-World Evidence Proves the Power of Patient Engagement

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How the growing trade war could affect biopharma intellectual property

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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

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A Digital Turning Point in Migraine Care: CT-132 FDA Approval to Market is a Win for Patients and Proof that Clinical Evidence Matters

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Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson’s Health Wake-Up Call

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Empathy and Health Excellence — The Superpower of Care Delivery

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JUST FOR WOMEN

Health & Pregnancy

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

Texas: Endometriosis Clinical Study Participants – Women’s Health

Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

Your Body Ages in Leaps: Stanford’s Surprising Findings at Ages 44 and 60

Hot Flash Hack: The Latest Breakthrough for Menopausal Relief

A Cycling Accident Saved My Life

Preparing for: Hysteroscopic Polypectomy

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Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Rise of The Celebrity Quack

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The Top 10 Public Health Policy Issues for Election Year 2024

Benchmark KFF Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence

Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not?

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The Quack Scale

Reiner Fuellmich Fact Checked and Exposed as a Covid Conspiracy Con

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Video of Jordon Walker, Supposed Pfizer Researcher, Goes Viral

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We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

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Pfizer Confirms mRNA Vaccine Never Tested for Preventing COVID Transmission

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Fact-Checking Geert Vanden Bossche. Cashing in on Covid Misinformation

MENTAL

HEALTHY MINDS

The Robber’s Cave May Save Us in Times of Extreme Turmoil

Pat Farrell PhD - August 2, 2022

A classic psychology experiment from many decades ago carries the promise we may need when there’s division among us in any area.

The Remarkable Research Of CAR T Therapy: B Cell Cancers

January 9, 2023

Walmart’s Paid Sick Leave Policy is the Punchline to an Abusive Employer Joke

April 29, 2021

ENVIRON

ECO HEALTH

Our Health and Our Planet’s Health Are Intertwined

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - August 17, 2021

Economic health, environmental health and public health are not only aligned, they are inextricably intertwined. Assessing the Build Back Better

Why Your Breast Milk May Already Be Too Toxic For Your Child

May 13, 2021

UBQ Materials to Showcase Resource Recovery Solution at COP28 in First Ever Waste and Resource Pavilion

November 29, 2023

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for: Robotic Hysterectomy

Dr Jeff Livingston - October 12, 2020

Prepare yourself for a Robotic Hysterectomy by learning more about what the procedure entails.

Preparing for: Midurethral Sling

June 3, 2020

Preparing for: Abdominal Hysterectomy

November 1, 2020

DISEASES

FDA Approves Drug Combination for Treating Mesothelioma

Medika Life - October 5, 2020

First approval in 16 years for mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by inhaling asbestos fibers SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food...

Heart Failure or Congestive Heart Failure

Medika Life - June 18, 2020

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. In some cases, the heart can't fill with enough blood. In other cases, the heart can't pump blood to the rest of the body with enough force.

Artificial Intelligence May Render Some Medical Specialties Obsolete

Michael Hunter, MD - January 30, 2024

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IS ALREADY ENCROACHING in many medical specialties and may render some obsolete. This issue arose when my hospital’s radiology medical director explained that...

Dense Breasts: The Hidden Risk You Can’t Ignore

Michael Hunter, MD - October 14, 2024

You learn you have dense breasts. Now what?

HEALTHY MINDS

Beyond Stereotypes: The Exceptional Abilities That Make Autistic Minds Invaluable

June 1, 2025

Clinic Notes: What My Patients Said This Week

June 1, 2025

How Unconscious Beliefs Distort Our Perception of Disability

May 23, 2025

Beyond Data: Why Human Decisions Are Shaped by Facts, Feelings—and the Fire Within

May 21, 2025

Death Is Not A Failure

May 15, 2025

Cancer Isn’t Random: What 42% of Diagnoses Have in Common — and How You Can Lower Your Risk.

May 2, 2025

When Is Exercise Not Exercise, and Is That Good Enough?

May 2, 2025

SAFETY

DANGEROUS PRODUCTS

These Vaccinated Groups are Still at Risk of Severe Covid, UK Study Finds

Medika Life - October 7, 2021

Post Covid-19 vaccination, some patient groups are still at risk of developing severe Covid, according to findings from a new UK study.

Texas Listeria Outbreak Leads to Tyson Chicken Recall

July 6, 2021

ACOG Statement on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

April 14, 2021

CARDIO

HEART HEALTH

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

Michael Hunter, MD - April 23, 2025

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

Beans Are Now the Super Food That We All Need, So Get Ready for a New Diet

March 13, 2025

Multivitamins and Longevity: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

February 26, 2025

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Dr Joseph Mercola on Medika’s Quack Scale

Medika Life - November 17, 2020

Dr Joseph Mercola scores 5 out of 5 on Medika's Quack Scale. Mercola is the ultimate digital Quack cum snake oil salesman.

We Call Out Reiner Fuellmich as a Fraud. The Covid Conspirator Investigated

March 4, 2021

Dr. Suzanne Humphries on Medika’s Quack Scale

December 5, 2020